Get The Look - The Mid Atlantic Aesthetic

There is some general disagreement regarding the states that comprise the Mid Atlantic Region.  Generally the region is located between New England and the South and depending on with whom you are speaking the region will include some combination of the following states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Virginia, New York and West Virginia.  In this Get the Look we’ve zeroed in on a vignette from Virginia.

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Design 101 - The Midwest's Restrained Exuberance for Outdoor Living

Kansas City Home and Garden

Home Infatuation is a Midwest based business run by a proud family of Illinoisans.  When I suggested that we write a post about the Midwestern design style we didn't think twice, because...we're from the Midwest and we know Midwestern design.  Right?  Wrong!  Once we started pulling resources together for this post we realized how little we knew about our outdoor style.  It was refreshing to see our outdoor selves through fresh eyes.  After much deliberation we settled on the description of restrained exuberance for our Midwestern outdoor design vernacular.

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Discover - New Home Infatuation Products for 2011

Outdoor Pottery - Tables, Ottomans, Planters, Decor by Seasonal LivingIt always takes us a while to solidify our product buys after the Casual Living Show but we always walk away with a few sure things.  This is just but a taste of the new things we'll have on HomeInfatuation.com.  We will of course keep you posted as we add new product.

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Designer Profile - Lisa LaPorta

I am an HGTV junkie and one of my favorite shows is Designed to Sell.  There are several versions of the show with different hosts and designer combos and I definitely gravitate towards a couple of those combos.  One of my favorite duos is Lisa LaPorta and Clive Pearse.  I like Clive simply because he’s a Brit and I have a crush on all things British.  Lisa I like because she is pragmatic and to the point all while being incredibly charming.  She’s also an architect and I see her architectural point-of-view in her design solutions and advice to homeowners and I really appreciate that.  So it goes without saying that I and the Home Infatuation team were very excited to bump into Lisa at the Causal Living show in Chicago and to get a chance to talk about her latest endeavor in outdoor living.

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Before & After - Coco from COCOCOZY

We ran across this outdoor room makeover from Coco at COCOCOZY and we thought it was a perfect example of Before & After for our week long discussion on color.  It was fortuitous that we ran across this great post because our blog is so new we have not received any reader submitted photos to share.  Send us your before and after photos - we can't wait to start posting them!

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Get the Look - From Temporary Event Vignette to Permanent Outdoor Space

I get a lot of my design and decorating inspiration from reading wedding blogs.  Event designers dream big with their clients and pull out all of the stops for this special day so the events are full of great ideas.  Take this great example I found from Atlas and Campbell Designs, and photographed by Abby Ross on one of my favorite wedding blogs Style Me Pretty.

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Armchair Traveler - Outdoor Fire Pits and Fireplaces

Take a trip with me to some of the world's most luxurious hotels and resorts from the comfort of your desk or armchair.  In my opinion, the fantastic worlds that luxury hotels create for their guests are dreams turned into reality. So, I can think of no better design inspiration for our own outdoor spaces. 

Today we are touring outstanding fire pits and fireplaces.

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Exceptional Spaces - Transition

Exceptional Spaces is the feature where we bring to you the unusually excellent and superior examples of luxury outdoor living that we discover in our business.

This month our topic of discussion is transition.  As the season shifts from summer to fall our interaction with our outdoor spaces transitions too.  From color, lighting and warmth to entertaining and decor our focus shifts to respond to different needs and desires.

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